So I know my truck isn't anything new around here, but thought I'd show off 4 days (about 30 hours worth) of work. Anyways...not too shabby for a daily driver that just hit 120,000 even on Tuesday while driving home from NC. This is cleaned and clayed (Mothers), minor corrections here and there with either M105 or Pinnacle Advanced Swirl Remover, total polish with M205, cleaned with Mothers Pre Wax Cleaner, two coats of Black Fire Wet Diamond (cured 8-10 hours between coats) and topped off with Pinnacle Signature Series II. Adams In & Out on the engine, Mothers Protectant on all the trim and interior, and Mothers glass cleaner on all the glass.

The wheels needed some TLC a few months back, so those were hit up with Mothers Scratch Removing Polish on a wool cutting pad, Mothers Power Metal on a wool polishing pad, and finished up with Mothers Billet polish on an orange foam pad. During this detail I topped them off with Mothers Carnuba cleaner wax...my favorite wheel product that I also used with awesome results on the Lexus wheels.

I'm not a photographer, but I tried to capture some descent sun shots to show darn near perfectly swirl free paint on a 9 year old truck. (notice the orange peel on these older body style paint jobs...NOT)

The new mod in the photos is the front tinted windows. This is 35% and matched up with the rear windows pretty nicely.

 

 

 

 

WOW! Impressive as always!! I admire your work

Now I use a DA on my truck and the truck has no swirls, but there are a few holograms. I use the meg's swirl remover, and Pinnacle finishing polish, before the wax. I don't want to use anything too abrasive on the clear, but would M105, or M205 remove the few holograms? I just don't want to dig into the clear too much.

 

looks great! time for some L or HD heads and corners and some depo fogs!

 

Where did you get the carbon fiber trim? I love the look. Nice truck!!

 

Truck looks GREAT!

 

Great work, that truck looks awesome!

 

You Sir have a fine looking truck!

 

Looking good....

 

Thanks everyone for the compliments!!!

IMO, the clear on these trucks is pretty thick and hard. That doesn't mean you can just go grinding away like you said, but it's fairly safe. It would take quite a bit with a DA to blow through the clear. However, with that said...a DA in the wrong hands can still be a damaging tool. Safer than a rotary, but still something to be respected. It still takes practice and experimenting to see what works best/right for you. I think you could get some holograms out with the 205 and a white or orange LC pad. I know a white pad will leave the paint LSP ready with no further correction required. Experiment with the speeds too. Funny thing about detailing...just because it works for me doesn't mean it'll work for you, but try it first.

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Thanks Nick...for all the deals and specials on most of my stuff!!

 

Fantastic job man! That is a prime example of a cleanly lifted truck. Perfect balance of subtle touches and simplicity. Job well done and you need a TOTM nomination. It's amazing how something that appears so simple and clean can look so damn good

 

That's enough talk about Galaxy, focus on the truck!

You do have a very nice truck Galaxy! It looks great, plus with only 120,000 miles you still have a lot of life left in her.

I think it qualifys for TOTM. I know it'd get my vote.

 

Looks great. It would have my vote as well.